Sissieretta Jones, Carnegie Hall, 1902: O Patria Mia (2018)

"Sissieretta Jones, Carnegie Hall, 1902: O Patria Mia (2018)" is a song for soprano and piano, on a poem by Tyehimba Jess. This work was commissioned by American Opera Projects for the Chautauqua Opera Company as part of the 2018 Chautauqua Opera Composer-in-Residence program.
Performances:
June 28, 2018: Chautauqua Institution, with Kayla White (soprano) and Emily Jarrell-Urbanek (piano); world premiere.
February 18, 2019: Minetta Lane Theater, as part of the Olio Live Audible.com event, with Kayla White (soprano) and Jeremy Gill (piano).
March 14, 2019: National Opera Center, as part of the OPERA America Emerging Artist Recitals series, with Kayla White (soprano) and Jeremy Gill (piano).
July 4, 2021: Calliope’s Call’s "I, Too, Sing America" concert series, as one of the winners of its 2021 Call for Scores competition; with MaKayla M. McDonald (soprano) and Julia Scott Carey (piano).

[@bathie2636]

Wow!… Well done, bravo…. The hardest part of this aria is to have a parfait feeling of the notes!… Very hard to do it, and she make it look so easy.

[@KeyLan-fw2gm]

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